Press Releases
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN. W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 7 MAY 2008, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Her Excellency Dame Louise Lake-Tack, Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of COFCOR, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer Honourable Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Attorney-General of Belize and Outgoing Chariman of COFCOR Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Dominica Honourable Ministers…
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THREE CARICOM MINISTERIAL MEETINGS THIS WEEK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Councils will meet this week as the Community intensifies its preparations for the 29th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in July. The Eleventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) and the Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting of the…
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HIGH LEVEL G77 PANEL PREPARES FOR UN MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which took place in Antigua and Barbuda ended on Wednesday 30 April, 2008, with a comprehensive discussion on South-South co-operation. In the closing remarks, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer,…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HIGH LEVEL G77 MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington is participating in a two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which is taking place in Antigua and Barbuda on 29-30 April 2008. The G77 which comprises 130 countries of the developing world and China is preparing…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CLOSER COOPERATION WITH DUTCH OCTs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has described his visit to St. Maarten as a “Caribbean homecoming” given the warmth which he experienced during his first visit to the island. The Secretary-General and the President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) Mr. Nigel John led a joint…
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GUYANA SAFE FOR CARIFESTA X
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has assured the Caribbean Region that it was safe to come to Guyana for the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) slated for 22-31 August, 2008. President Jagdeo gave this assurance to an outdoor audience of thousands of Guyanese and…
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CARIFESTA A CRITICAL TOOL OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations (FCR) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Colin Granderson said, CARIFESTA is a critical tool of the integration process as it promotes greater awareness of the many sides of our heritage. Ambassador Granderson, who was addressing the Launch of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) on…
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ACTION ON PLANT PESTS CRITICAL TO TRADE IN PLANT PRODUCTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The First Meeting of Caribbean Plant Health officials which ended in Georgetown Friday has stressed that in this era of rising food prices across the globe, there was need for action to ensure that potential barriers to trade in plant and plant products were dealt with as a matter of priority. To this end,…
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CYAP TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Environmental concerns and food security are two new issues which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have identified as growing risks to the Regional youth population, and plan to play a more active role in these areas. The new focus areas were selected during the April 21 – 23 meeting in Barbados. In…
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CARICOM TO PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WORKSHOP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Member States will participate in a two-day workshop on Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean as it continues to advance its offensive against chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Set to take place on 6-7 May, 2008, the workshop is part…
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